Deerhoof Plan Split 7" Series, Congotronics Collab

San Francisco noise-pop eccentrics Deerhoof's new album Deerhoof Vs. Evil is just around the corner (it's coming January 25 in the U.S. via Polyvinyl, with Joyful Noise handling the cassette release, while ATP will release it on January 24 in the UK), but the band already has more new music in the works, as drummer Greg Saunier tells Exclaim!

In November, Deerhoof teamed up with L.A. avant-rapper Busdriver for "I Did Crimes Behind Your Eyelids" on the Hoofdriver 7". On that track, Busdriver rhymed over the instrumental of Deerhoof's "I Did Crimes for You" from Deerhoof Vs. Evil. As Saunier tells Exclaim!, that collaboration was the first in a new series of split 7" singles, in which various collaborators will sing over the instrumental tracks from Deerhoof Vs. Evil. Saunier says they have finished a collab with Xiu Xiu, and they've got plans to rework every song on the album.

Saunier also told Exclaim! about another forthcoming collaborative project. The members of Deerhoof are teaming up with members of Konono N°1 and Kasai Allstars, two groups of Congolese street musicians whose tranced-out, electrified records have circulated worldwide thanks to the Congotronics series of releases. Deerhoof recently reworked a Kasai Allstars song to create ["Travels Broaden the Mind"](http://pitchfork.com/news/40528-listen-deerhoof-cover-kasai-allstars/ ""Travels Broaden the Mind"" ), a track from last year's Congotronics tribute compilation Tradi-Mods Vs. Rockers. The Deerhoof/Congotronics collaboration hopes to play "some large festival shows" this summer, according to Saunier.

Deerhoof also plan to reissue many of their older, out-of-print albums on vinyl.